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Self Defense

Self defense is a responsibility that is found within the Bible. All believers are to use it to protect the lives of themselves and those around them. Too often Christians believe falsely that they are supposed to turn the other cheek and allow criminals to rape and pillage their families. They misinterpret what the Bible teaches about self defense. And the results can be tragic for their loved ones.

Another mistaken notion many Christians have is that they should be pacifists instead of having arms that are sufficient to protect them and their families. The Bible clearly teaches that men are to protect their families and themselves when someone is trying to take their lives. To not do so is a clear violation of that biblical responsibility. The rest of the articles listed here expand on this basic principle.

“A type of
self-defense law that gives individuals the right to use deadly force to defend
themselves without any requirement to evade or retreat from a dangerous
situation. It is law in many jurisdictions within the United States. The basis
may lie in either statutory law and or common law precedents.

Under these
legal concepts, a person is justified in using deadly force in certain
situations and the stand-your-ground law would be a defense or immunity to
criminal charges and civil suit. The difference between immunity and a defense
is that an immunity bars suit, charges, detention and arrest. A defense,
including an affirmative defense, is a fact or set of facts that may avoid or
mitigate the adverse legal consequences of the defendant’s otherwise unlawful
conduct.

Sen. Ted
Cruz accused lawmakers Tuesday of exploiting the shooting death of Trayvon
Martin to advance their own political agenda at a Senate hearing on stand your
ground laws.

The Texas
Republican questioned the purpose of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing —
its first on stand your ground laws since George Zimmerman was acquitted in
July in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.

“Unfortunately,
there are many in Washington who seem more driven by advancing a political
agenda than actually putting in place common-sense steps toward prosecuting
violent crime,” Cruz said.

In McDonald versus Chicago
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alitowrote
“Individual self-defense is ‘the central component’ of the 2nd Amendment
right.” McDonald v Chicago was a case brought by Otis McDonald against gun bans
that prevented him from having a firearm with which to defend his life and
property.

Alito wrote
the majority opinion for the court on that decision (McDonald v Chicago), and
in it he stressed how the right to keep and bear arms and the right to
self-defense are two sides of the same coin in the 2nd Amendment.

He even went
so far as to say that the most preferred weapon with which to defend oneself in
America is a handgun, thus “[the court] concluded, ‘citizens must be permitted
to use handguns for the core lawful purpose of self-defense.’”

Because of
the parameters of the case, Alito’s focus was on having a handgun in the home,
but in December 2012 the 7th Circuit Court explained that the right to defense
is applicable beyond the home and is actually “as important outside the home as
inside.